Beatdown Deck Matt Fillman Richard's Arcade Shop Santa Paula, CA December 8th, 2002 16 Duelists Hey again! This week was actually pretty interesting. I've just made some major improvements to my Deck, so I wasn't sure how it'd do this weekend. I decided to replace my Harpie's Brothers and La Jinns with some Gearfried the Iron Knights and Goblin Attack Forces. I still need to get two more Iron Knights and one more Goblin Attack Force, but my Deck still works with a Harpie's Brother and La Jinn. Also, I replaced a Cannon Soldier with White Magical Hat until I get my other Goblin Attack Force, and it's discarding ability actually came in handy! Monster Cards 1) Cannon Soldier 2) Cannon Soldier 3) Gearfried the Iron Knight 4) Giant Soldier of Stone 5) Giant Soldier of Stone 6) Goblin Attack Force 7) Harpie's Brother 8) La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp 9) White Magical Hat Flip Effect Monster Cards 10) Cyber Jar 11) Magician of Faith 12) Magician of Faith 13) Man-Eater Bug 14) Man-Eater Bug 15) Mask of Darkness 16) Mask of Darkness 17) Morphing Jar #2 18) Witch of the Black Forest 6-Star Monster Cards 19) Jinzo 20) Summoned Skull 7-Star Monster Cards 21) Buster Blader Magic Cards 22) Card Destruction 23) Change of Heart 24) Dark Hole 25) Giant Trunade 26) Heavy Storm 27) Monster Reborn 28) Pot of Greed 29) Premature Burial 30) Raigeki 31) Snatch Steal 32) Swords of Revealing Light 33) The Shallow Grave 34) Tribute to the Doomed Trap Cards 35) Ceasefire 36) Magic Jammer 37) Michizure 38) Mirror Force 39) Solemn Judgment 40) Trap Hole 41) Waboku Round 1 Me vs Edmund Edmund is my best friend, so I know his Dragon Deck all too well. He'd actually do well if he had the staple cards (Raigeki, Mirror Force, Swords of Revealing Light) but for now, his Deck really isn't all that great. He set down a lot of Magics and Traps, but I wasn't worried. I used Dark Hole on his Giant Soldier of Stone and attacked directly with Cannon Soldier. He tried setting down defense monsters like Island Turtle and Mystical Elf, but I used Tribute to the Doomed and Raigeki and kept attacking directly 'til it was over. Round 2 Me vs Ivan Ivan is a really cool guy, and he'd just got back from a few weeks of absence, so I don't think he was ready for all the changes I'd made to my Deck while he was gone. He managed to keep me on the ropes for the first few turns, but after I used Ceasefire to negate his Flip Monsters, I got out my Jinzo and Gearfried the Iron Knight to destroy his defenses. After I cleared the field with Raigeki and Heavy Storm, I attacked with both of my monsters and ended it. Round 3 Me vs Zack This really wasn't a fair fight, and I felt kinda bad for duelin' him. He was only put into the Advanced Tournament because we needed one more person and he kept bugging us to let him sign up. Anyway, he started out by setting a Morphing Jar #2, but I used Tribute to the Doomed (discarding my Buster Blader) and reborned my Buster Blader to attack directly. He never put out anything else that could stop me, so I just tore apart his Life Points with Buster Blader and Gearfried the Iron Knight. Round 4 Me vs Sal I was worried about Sal since he nearly defeated me last week, but this time it wasn't nearly as bad. He did manage to get out his Summoned Skull and attack me directly, but I equipped it with Snatch Steal, tributed it for Jinzo, and attacked him directly with both Jinzo and White Magical Hat (luckily the random card I had him discard was Change of Heart). He eventually used Dark Hole, but I used Premature Burial to return Jinzo to the field and finished him off with Jinzo and Gearfried the Iron Knight. I'm glad that I won for the third time in a row, but some of our best duelists couldn't show up for a variety of reasons. I may have been able to beat 'em anyway, but it certainly would've been more challenging.... and I enjoy challenging duels more than easy ones, to be honest. Anyway, I won a Deck Box, Metallic Black Sleeves, a Magic Ruler pack, and some stickers. I also did some massive trading today! I traded my Barrel Dragon for Buster Blader and Goblin Attack Force, then later traded my Limiter Removal and Holo Summoned Skull for an extra Jinzo. Afterward, I traded Jinzo for Tri-Horned Dragon so I could trade the Card Shop owner for a Raigeki to give to my best friend Edmund. It should really help out his Deck! Pros for the Weekend: -winning the Tournament again -getting Gearfried the Iron Knight for helping out a friend -trading a Barrel Dragon for Buster Blader and Goblin Attack Force -getting the Deck Box and Metallic Black Sleeves I was going to eventually buy anyway -getting a Raigeki for Edmund Cons for the Weekend: -losing Holo Summoned Skull (I have a SDY Summoned Skull now, but it's worth it to help a friend) -not getting a Pharaoh's Servant pack since the rich Exodia kid bought 4 boxes -pulling Flying Kamakiri #1 from my Magic Ruler pack -not having any more extras to trade Ivan for his Gearfried the Iron Knight -still no Call of the Haunted.... Well, that pretty much wraps things up for this weekend. If anyone has any questions or suggestions, feel free to E-Mail me at mfillman125@msn.com anytime!